Quick Parameter Reference

The table below gives an overview of the Fabry-Perot cavity parameters used by cavcalc, with details on their names (e.g. for providing them as **kwargs to calculate() or as CLI options), corresponding ParameterType and ParameterCategory literals, and whether they can be used as arguments and / or targets.

Name	ParameterType	ParameterCategory	Argument?	Target?
div	DIVERGENCE	Angle	✓	✓
w	BEAMSIZE	BeamRadius	✓	✓
w1	BEAMSIZE_M1	BeamRadius	✓	✓
w2	BEAMSIZE_M2	BeamRadius	✓	✓
w0	WAISTSIZE	BeamRadius	✗	✓
Rc	ROC	Curvature	✓	✓
Rc1	ROC_M1	Curvature	✓	✓
Rc2	ROC_M2	Curvature	✓	✓
L	CAV_LENGTH	Distance	✓	✗
z0	WAISTPOS	Distance	✗	✓
FSR	FSR	Frequency	✗	✓
FWHM	FWHM	Frequency	✗	✓
modesep	MODESEP	Frequency	✗	✓
pole	POLE	Frequency	✗	✓
gouy	GOUY	Phase	✓	✓
finesse	FINESSE	Power	✗	✓
L1	LOSS_M1	Power	✓	✗
L2	LOSS_M2	Power	✓	✗
R1	REFLECTIVITY_M1	Power	✓	✓
R2	REFLECTIVITY_M2	Power	✓	✓
Aint	RES_ENHANCE_INTERNAL	Power	✗	✓
Aext	RES_ENHANCE_EXTERNAL	Power	✗	✓
Atrn	TRANSMISSION_INTENSITY_FRAC	Power	✗	✓
T1	TRANSMISSION_M1	Power	✓	✓
T2	TRANSMISSION_M2	Power	✓	✓
g	CAV_GFACTOR	Stability	✓	✓
g1	GFACTOR_M1	Stability	✓	✓
g2	GFACTOR_M2	Stability	✓	✓
gs	GFACTOR_SINGLE	Stability	✓	✓
wl	WAVELENGTH	Wave	✓	✓